Origin of Specialty Date Palms
The date palm ripens in September-October and is also called date palm, Persian date palm, and jujube palm, with its origin in Iraq, and it is also introduced in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Xinjiang provinces in China.
Dates are a specialty of Iraq, and dates produced in Guangxi, China, are more popular. The dates here are warm and non-toxic, with a sweet but not greasy taste, and can be eaten directly, or made into cookies and dishes, with a wide variety of ways to eat them.
Date varieties
The common varieties of dates include Piram dates, Amari dates, Imperial dates, Hayaani dates, etc. Generally speaking, Piram dates have the best taste, and its form is the largest, with a thin skin and thick flesh, and a soft and sticky taste, but it is also the most expensive one.
The efficacy and role of dates
Jujube has phlegm and asthma, moistening the lungs and relieving cough, etc. Eating dates can replenish vitamin C, and it has a certain therapeutic effect on gastric ulcers, liver disease and other symptoms, and it also has a very good effect on regulating the uterus for the women who are about to give birth.
Jujube planting and harvesting time
Jujube like warm, moist growing environment, it is a kind of temperature-loving fruit tree, the lowest temperature can not be lower than 10 ℃, the plant likes light and shade, the requirements of the soil is not very strict.
The date palm is best planted in April in the spring, when the climate is warmer and more suitable for the growth of the plant, and it takes six months from blossoming to fruiting, and the total output of dates in Iraq can reach 1.5 million tons per year.